Re: [Boost-build] Test if file exists

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Test if file exists
From: John Reid (j.reid_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-09-01 05:00:14

On 01/09/11 09:48, John Reid wrote:
> I need to define some targets conditional on a file existing. How can I
> test for this in my Jamfile? Where should I have looked in the
> documentation to find this out?

I found it:

import path ;

local HAS_SOURCE_CODE = [ path.exists $(SRC_DIR)/logs2.h ] ;
if $(HAS_SOURCE_CODE) {
     echo "Found source code at $(SRC_DIR)" ;
} else {
     echo "Did not find source code" ;
}

There is no documentation for this I guess.